antaretic

[In Fr. antarctique; Sp. & Ital. antartico Port. antarctico. From Gr. ἀνταρκτικός ( antarktikos ); ἀντί (anti) = over against, opposite to, and ἀρκτικός ( arktikos ) = near the Bear, northern; ἄρκτος ( arktos ) = (1) a bear, (2) the constellation of the Great Bear.] [ARCTIC.] h. As adjective: Opposed to arctic; the opposite of arctic. Antarctic Circle : A small circle of the earth described around the Southern pole at a distance from it of 23° 28'. Sometimes, however, the term was more loosely applied to the South polar regions in general. + Antarctic Pole : The Southern pole, whether of the earth or of the heavens. (Glo og. Nova .) • Antarctic Tropic : The tropic of Capricorn. Query, whether in the coast of Florida, or at Brasil, the east wind be not the warnest, and the west the coldest, and so beyond the antarctic tropic, the southern wind the coldest." Bacon: De Calore et Frigore . B. As substantive: The antarctic circle, or the zone which it encloses. "It advances far into the deep, Cowper: Task, 1. 620. Tow'rds the antarctic ."